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ILO Office in Turkey

Syrian Refugees

ILO Office for Turkey kicked off the project “ILO’s Response to the Influx of Syrian Refugees in Turkey” on 1 June 2015. The project aims to mitigate the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis by enhancing decent work opportunities for both refugees and host communities in Turkey.

Child Labour

Three quarters of the world's hazelnuts are produced in Turkey. But the old practice of using child labour to harvest hazelnuts is putting the reputation of Turkey's hazelnut industry at risk. More and more countries are banning products that are produced using child labour. Turkey is responding with coordinated measures to get children out of the hazelnut fields, and into school.

International Labour Standards

Turkey is the thirtieth and twenty-seventh ILO member State to have ratified, respectively, Convention No. 176 and Convention No.167, which aim to improve the safety and health of millions of mine and construction workers worldwide.